Adhesion forces measured at the level of a terminal plate of the fly's seta

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1554, 2004, Pages 2209-2215

  Langer, Mattias G ^a   Ruppersberg, J Peter ^b   Gorb, Stanislav ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Atomic force microscopy; Attachment pad; Diptera; Pulvilli; Secretion

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; FLY;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FLY; FORCE; GEOMETRY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETION; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECRETIONS;

ADHESIVENESS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODILY SECRETIONS; DIPTERA; EXTREMITIES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

EID: 17044433106     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2850     Document Type: Article

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